Cachly - Geocaching

Great tool for geocaching! ^^b

I have been geocaching since 2009 and it always used the app from ground speak. I kept hearing about Cachly so I thought I'd give it a try and I'm so glad I did. There are so many features to this that make it far superior to the groundspeakApp. Thank you for your efforts.

I signed up for the yearly subscription so am on the 1 week trial. Despite quitting the app and restoring purchases, I am still limited to three caches with details a day. Quitting and refreshing again sometimes gets me one more cache. I see from the developers reply that this is due to limit of the website, not the app. And, this is explicitly stated at the end of description. I think it would be helpful for people new to this if it were listed higher up in the description.

App consistently spins and responds with a 502 Bad Gateway. One out of ten days it will work as advertised. For a paid app I had higher expectations. I keep coming back because it’s still better than the proprietary app from Groundspeak. The only way it works is to uninstall and reinstall constantly. But everything is lost and everything has to be redownloaded. So time consuming. Can’t just open it and go.

OK, first of all I’ve loved this app ever since it came out. I’ve always used it over the Geocaching app. I don’t even mind paying for it…. but with the 8.1 coming out with CarPlay, any chance you might throw out like a lifetime membership fee for like 50 bucks or something gladly pay that!

My sole purpose for buying this app was for the offline function, which is NOT listed as a Pro feature in the app description. Well, upon downloading, I discovered that the offline function can actually only be accessed as part of the subscription-based pro upgrade. Come on, how hard is it to be transparent about what the app actually offers?

I absolutely love this App!

When I switched to iPhone I was turning into a hardcore geocacher. I had just reached 100 finds and wanted to expand my horizons to new geocaching apps. I asked around in an online Geocaching group and this app was recommended to me multiple times. I was ready to fully switch over but the only thing holding me back were how caches are represented by pins instead of the icons I was used to (I quickly got used to the pins and now I can’t go back). Once I fully got used to Cachly, I realized everything I wanted from the Geocaching app was part of this app (better trail maps, dark mode, ability to see other nearby caches when you are navigating to a cache, etc.). That day was when I deleted the stock Geocaching app from my phone. It is now easier (and more fun) to go caching because I can easily navigate to caches, log caches (and write much longer logs thanks to a better logging interface), manage trackables, and way more. Although I haven’t used it much, the Apple Watch support will really help me in the future when I go kayaking, extreme tree climbing, or other activities when I don’t want to bring my phone with me. I really appreciate this app and have been recommending it to everyone I know (recently my cousin downloaded it and he loves it as well, so you may be getting another glowing review soon). Thanks Nic for all the effort you put into Cachly.

Cachly is simply the best geocaching app on any platform.

6/29/2024 Update: I am so happy that the app developer reversed the decision to take away the premium maps from people who had already paid for them. This app is seriously awesome for offline Geocaching. Today I found 8 caches all offline with the descriptions with even logs and images available to me. When the Apple Car Play support is added I might consider paying for the subscription too as there are some additional features I would love to have. Thanks for this new awesome way to Geocache and making Geocaching while offline so much better than the official app. Only 4/5 stars due to my original frustration. Original Review: I purchased the $5 app on April 2nd 2024. Then purchased the $3 premium offline maps immediately after downloading for the first time. Now with this new 8.0 update they’ve removed my maps that I had paid extra for an now say that I have to pay the new yearly $5 subscription. Don’t get me wrong, I can afford $5/year. But this is still fraud. I understand that everything is moving to a subscription model but to force people to pay extra for what they already paid for is wrong! Do yourself a favor and use the official Geocaching app that your $30-$40 premium subscription already gets you and use Organic Maps for mapping while offline.